Is it common sense to read legislation before voting on it?

Does it surprise you to learn that our Congressmen frequently vote on bills that they have not read? The Patriot Act was such a bill, and apparently, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is another. The Sunlight Foundation is sponsoring a petition to get our Congressmen to pass legislation that would require posting a bill for 72 hours on the Internet before the bill is debated on the floor of Congress. If you would like to sign the petition, go to http://www.readthebill.org/. It is conceivable that if important bills were posted in advance, there are enough of us ordinary citizens who would read the them (perhaps organized into teams that would divide up the reading) that we could end up with an informed citizenry, and if we share our knowledge, even informed representatives. What a concept!